DPSU Miniratna HSL, Cyient DLM sign pact to make navigation and communication systems for warships in India
HSL, Cyient DLM join hands to indigenise ship systems.
New Delhi: Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), a Miniratna defence public sector undertaking (DPSU), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the electronics manufacturer Cyient DLM to jointly develop and manufacture navigation, communication and ship electronics systems in India, HSL said in a statement.
The MoU was exchanged at the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam. It was signed by Captain Ganti Venkateswarlu, HSL’s director (shipbuilding), and Rajendra Velagapudi, managing director and CEO of Cyient DLM. The Andhra Pradesh minister for information technology, electronics and communications, Nara Lokesh, and the Union civil aviation minister, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, were present.
HSL said Indian fleets had largely imported these systems until now.
What the pact covers
The systems identified for indigenisation are navigation and solid-state radars, electronic chart display and information systems, autopilot, the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, Fleet Broadband, voyage data recorders, weather systems and helicopter landing aids.
HSL said the pact would bring more Indian content to each vessel it delivers, shorten lead times, strengthen supply-chain security, cut lifecycle costs and speed up refits. It also said the pact would create new demand for Indian micro, small and medium enterprises and deep-technology innovators.
Next steps
HSL said the work would begin by prioritizing systems, followed by joint design and test teams and qualification by the Navy and classification society. Pilot fits would then follow on selected platforms, beginning with the 18 Next Generation Fast Patrol Vessels.
The chairman and managing director of HSL, Rear Admiral C Raghuram, VSM (Retd), said that with the MoU, ships leaving the yard would carry Indian technology in their radars, navigational aids and radios. He called it Aatmanirbhar Bharat, or self-reliant India, “sailing at full steam”.
Velagapudi said India’s maritime and defence sector offered a significant opportunity, and that the partnership with HSL combined complementary strengths to build indigenous technology and manufacturing capacity.
